Interview with first local act at R1's Big Weekend!
When I joined Enter Shikari my dad said to me “You know, there’s a chance that they might not be big?"
I cried through the first three songs when I saw Kate Bush last year.
I was doing pause button megamixes as far back as 1984.
Hook yourself up with something fresh…and local.
“We’re like Parliament, but with ruffs”
“I don’t use any words that can’t be said before 6pm on CBeebies”
“We have recently plotted to hold a rehearsal in Fingal’s Cave, in the Hebrides”
“We want to stay true to our thing, connecting with the audience through our lyrics and harmonies.”
“We’ve really discovered who we are as a band this year”
“We’ve got no issues with being compared to Massive Attack.”
“Even in my darkest times I’ve always held onto something that got me through.”
Golden Brown star comes to Norwich
The two nicest chaps in hip hop
I pushed my album out of my brain through the Beardytron
Me? I can't sing. It's like putting a loaded pistol in an infant’s hands!
We’re quite normal when we’re offstage
I got a message the other day “I’ve just driven past your house…”
The process of making music for me is entirely an investigation into sound and music
I’ve figured out how to be comfortable with every part of myself now
We met in a sewer looking for old Fanta bottles
The Subways are gonna rock ya!
Elliot Gleave is Example.
Jimmy from UB40 talks about the their upcoming gig at UEA
Anais Mitchell is a singer songwriter form Vermont, who tells the most wondrous stories.
I’m happy with pulling out the old school pieces.
Electronic Chamber Music!
It's going to be an incredible show and a proper laugh!
"It will definitely be loud".
"We played with Green Day in high school at a roller-rink."
"A crowd doesn’t always know what to do with our music. But we like it like that!"
"If everyone can understand your music, then there’s something wrong with it."
It’s going to be a great big reggae party that will run well into the morning!
Mimas is a Danish band, based in Aarhus. “Mimas is a furry kitten: Restless, picking fights and still lazy and patient at times. Icelandic musician Snævar Njáll Albertsson is the mastermind behind ‘Dad Rocks!’. The guitar here is mostly acoustic and is
"Pure adrenaline and chaos is what we're aiming for"
"I was born without the show-off gene that is so dang necessary in this business."
“Coming off stage after a show you feel like you’ve been zapped by a rock ‘n’ roll lightning bolt.”